Alinement mechanism for linotype-machines.



E. F. GODDARD.

ALINEMENT MECHANISM FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 25|1914. 1,179,518. Pawnted Apr. 18, 1916.

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E. F. GODDARD.

ALINEMENT MECHANISM FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 25. 19I4.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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ALINEMEN T MECHANISM FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. l9l 4.

1 179,518.v Patented Apr. 18,1916.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD FOWLER GODDARD, 0F STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT,'ASSIGNOR TO ELECTRIC COMPOSITOR COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ALINEMENT MECHANISM FOR LINOTYPE-MACHINES.

Application filed September 25, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD F. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stratford, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Alinement Mechanism for Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in machines which are known as linotype machines or type bar making machines,that is to say, machines in which type bars are cast from assembled lines of matrices. It

articularly relates to the kind of machines in 'WhlClithB assembled matrix line is supported, while the type baris being cast, on what is known in this art as the first elevator.

The object of the invention is to effect the vertical alinement of the line of assembled matrices so supported on the first elevator just before the mold comes into contact with the matrix line,-which contact, as is well understood, is immediately followed by the injection of molten metal into the mold slot to form the type bar. I

The invention is shown in a specific form which is especially adapted for use in the alinement of matrices which have a pair of oppositely extended ears adjacent to their upper ends and another pair of oppositely extended ears adjacent to their lower ends; but, obviously, the'invention is notrestricted to use with matrices of this sort, because it would require only slight change in the shape of some parts to adapt the invention for use for the alinement of matrices which do not have such ears. I

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the first elevator equipped with the invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of said eleva tor. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view in the plane of line 3-3 on Fig.1. Fig. 4 is a left end view of the elevator and some adjacent parts ofthe machine. Fig. 5 is a trans verse vertical section in the plane of line 55 on Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged section which shows the relation of'the parts to the matrices of a line prior to the alinement of said matrices. .Fig. 7 is a similar view, but it shows the relative position of the parts after the matrices have been alined; and Fig. 7 is a'perspective view of the ma alining member.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Serial No. 863,490.

E represents the so-called first elevator of a type bar making machine. First elevators and mechanism 'for moving them from the matrix receiving position down to the casting position, then up to the matrix discharg- 1ng position, and then down to the matrix receiving position again, have long been used in machines of this character. Because of this fact, and also because the elevator moving mechanism plays no part in the op eration of the present invention, it has not been thought necessary to show in what manner the elevator is mounted for up and down movement, or the mechanism for so moving it. I

B represents a mold disk, and 0 one of the molds carried thereby. It has long been customary in machines of this sort to so support a mold carrying disk that it could be turned to bring any mold thereon opposite an assembled matrix line supported on the first elevator, and so that also it could be moved toward the line of matrices to cause the mold face to contact with the opposed faces of the matrices while a type bar was being cast, and then away from said matrices.

.For this reason, and also because the present invention is in no wise dependent upon the mechanism for so moving the mold disk, it has not been thought necessary to show or describe such mechanism.

Fixed immovably to the elevator at a suitable distance apart are two plates G and F, located one behind the other. In the opposed faces of these plates are the horizontal grooves g and These grooves are adapted to receive the upper ears mof the matrices M. The width of these grooves is such that when the matrices are suspended by their ears m from the lower walls 9 f of these grooves, the upper surfaces of the ears are out of contact with the upper walls 9 7, of said grooves, said walls and f constituting the fixed alinement surfaces of the elevator. The upper surface m of the upper ears on of the matrices are the upper alinement surfaces of the matrices. That is to say, when all of the matrices are moved up so that the surfaces m on the matrices engage the overhanging surfaces g F, the matrices will be properly alined. There is also mounted upon the elevator, a vertically movable alinement member D whose function it is to push all of the matrices up, so

as to cause theengagement of the alinement .ment surfaces 9 f surfaces thereon with the overlying aline- This alinement member is preferably made from a single piece of metal by cutting a longitudinal groove from the bottom up a suitable distance and from end to end, and by cutting another wide groove from front to back and from topdownward to a suitable distance. But whether this alinement member is made of one piece of metal, or is built up of several pieces, it consists of two heads (Z, (Z, four parallel vertical bars (Z (Z two of which extend downward from each head, and two parallel horizontal bars (Z (Z of which the front bar (Z extends between and is connected with the lower ends of the two front vertical bars (Z while the rear horizontal bar (Z is connected with the lower ends of the two vertical bars (Z When this member is mounted in the elevator by meansto be presently described, the two bars (Z (Z lie respectively below the two fixed plates G, F, and the inner surface of the bars (Z (Z (Z lie in the same vertical plane with the inner surface of the Plate G, while the inner surfaces of the bars (Z (Z (i are in the same vertical plane with the inner face of the fixed plate F.

In the inner opposed faces of the two bars (Z (Z*, the horizontal grooves d are formed, which grooves extend from one end of the alinement member to a point near the other end of said alinement member. zontal grooves (Z are formed in the opposed faces of the vertical barsv d W, at the same end of the alinement member to which the other grooves (Z extend, hen this alinement member is in its normal position, a line of matrices may be pushed onto the elevator, entering the same from the end thereof adjacent to the grooved end of the alinement member, their, lower. ears going into the grooves (Z and their upper ears sliding first through the grooves d, and then into the grooves g, 7, which are thenalined with the grooves 03 Connected with each head piece cl of the alinement member, and preferably by means of pivots 72, are the two vertical rods H. These are slidably fitted in vertical holes in the elevator, and thereby permit them and the attached alinement member to move ver- I tically up and down as required. Each of these rods H has an inclined cross groove h in one side. Horizontal wedge bars J and K respectively enter these grooves. These wedge bars are mounted in guideways in the elevator, and are movable endwise forward. and backward therein. g

A lever N is pii oted on top of the elevator on a vertical pivot n, and extends horizontally in both directions therefrom, its ends entering notches j andk in the wedge bars J and K. A spring S acts on this lever to hold the parts in the positions shown. One

Other horiof the wedge bars K has its end projecting rearward from the elevator and toward the opposed mold disk. When thereforethe mold disk is moved forward to bring the mold into contact. with the rear faces of the matrices whichare assembled in line in the elevator, the mold disk by striking the end k of the wedge bar K, will cause itto-move forward. This will cause the lever N to rock, whereby the wedge bar J is correspondingly moved rearward and thereby both of the rods H will be moved up, and both ends of the alinement member D willbe moved up. The lower walls ofthe grooves (Z (Z will now engage the lower surfaces ofthe ears adjacent to thelower ends of the matrices, and all'of the matrices will be moved up until the upper surfaces of the upper ears engage the upperwalls of. the grooves g and f, and thereby the alinement of the matrices will be effected just before the mold engages the matrices, and will be preserved while the mold is engagingthe matrices and the molten metal is being injected therein. Having described my invention, I claim: 1. The means by'whichmatrices are alined for presentationto the mold in a type bar making machine, which comprises an elevator having means, for supporting the'unalined matrices, and also a fixed alining surface which overlies but is normally out of contact with the alinement surfaces on said matrices, a vertically movable alinement member carried by said elevator and adapted to engage'the matrices and move them all up into contact with the overlying alining surfaces, and a train of mechanism for so moving said alinement member, a part of said train of mechanism beingarranged to be engaged and actuated by the mold-carryingdisk when said disk is moved to carry a mold into contact with the matrices. I

2. The means for alining matrices for presentation to the mold in a type bar ,mak-

ing machine, which comprises a first elevator having two parallel vertical plates inv whose opposed surfaces are, horizontal grooves adaptedto receive the upper ears of the matrices, the lowerwalls of said grooves being the means for supporting the unalined matrices, and the upper wall of said grooves being adapted to be engaged by the alining surfaces on the upper edges of the upper ears of the matriceswhen and only when they are moved up, a vertically movable alinement member carried by said elevator and adapted to engage the matrices .and move them all up to cause the upper surfaces of the ears thereof to engage the overlying upper walls of said grooves, a trainyof mechanism mounted on said elevator for moving said alinement mechanism, and means which engage and move the terminal member of said train of mechanism and 001 ing the means for supporting the unalined matrices and the upper walls of said grooves being adapted to be engaged by the top edges of said upper ears whenv the matrices are moved up, a vertically movable alinement member carried by said elevator and adapted to engage the matrices and move them all up to cause the upper surfaces of the upper ears thereof to engage the overlying top walls of said grooves, the said alinement member having two horizontal bars which lie respectively below the two grooved plates referred to, which two horizontal bars have in their opposed faces horizontal surfaces adapted to engage the lower edges of the lower ears of said matrices.

4. The means for aliningmatrices for presentation to the mold in a type bar making machine, which comprises a first elevator having two parallel vertical plates in whose opposed surfaces are horizontal grooves adapted to receive the upper ears of the matrices, the lower walls of said grooves being the means for supporting the unalined matrices and the upper wall of said groove being adapted to be engaged by the top edges of said upper ears when the matrices are moved up, a vertically movable alinement member carried by said elevator and adapted to engage the matrices and move them all up to cause the upper surfaces of the upper ears thereof to engage the overlying top walls of said grooves, the said alinement member having two horizontal bars which lie respectively below the two grooved plates referred to, which two horizontal bars have in their opposed faces horizontal surfaces adapted to engage the lower edges of the lower ears of said matrices, two vertical rods fixed to said alinement member and movable endwise in guide holes in the elevator, each of said rods having an inclined cross slot, two wedge bars respectively engaging in said cross slots, a lever engaging said two wedge bars and compelling them to move in unison, a spring for moving said lever in one direction, one of said wedge bars being extended beyond the surface of the elevator to a position such that it may be engaged and moved with the result of moving said lever in opposition to its spring.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWVARD FOWLER GODDARD.

Witnesses:

DAVID PETRI PALMEDO, WALTER BUSWELL.

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